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You sure about this?

Yeah.

All right.

What is this place.

I don't know, but this is the spot.

This is perfect.

Come on.

What?

Nothing.

This just feels wrong, it's all.

Remember, we're doing this because we have to.

Right.

It's fire season, and during fire season, we fight fires,

or there's no work.

No.

Going back to the car.

I'm out.

We need this.

It's just acres.

We need this.

OK, fine.

Let's just do it.

I love you.

I love you too.

Go on.

Do it.

I'm so sorry.

No.

We didn't do anything.

Hit her.

Hit her.

Hit her.

That girl so long ago.

How does the old song go I don't know.

This girl she is a woman.

Hey.

Where is that music coming from?

What was that?

I don't know.

We need to get out of here.

Yeah.

You're a novelist?

Yes.

Yes.

I used to teach history, and now I write historical fiction.

I'm working on my second book now.

How about you, Carla?

Oh, I was in academia as well until recently.

I have been working on my private practice.

I'm an LPC, a therapist.

You're both kind of getting a new start, yes?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

I'm getting pretty serious about my writing.

And I'm intrigued by this new project.

So that's why we're here.

So for the writer and the therapist, and the family,

I cannot imagine a better view.

It's been on the market for what, two years?

How could anyone resist this place?

Maybe it's too rural.

I take it that's not a problem for the two of you.

Oh no.

We're looking forward to some peace and quiet.

We're looking to set down some roots.

Well, with over five acres of land, you have plenty of room

to set down roots right here.

This land is special.

It feels special.

It's said to be the home of the Squaniti or stick native.

It's considered to be a giant.

A giant.

Yes.

Among the Wenatchi tribe, they're

called night people or forest people.

Some people just call it the spirit.

Mhm.

Interesting.

They're just stories mainly meant to keep children

from wandering into the forest.

Would you give us a minute?

Sure.

I'll be over there.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I want this, but we're stretching our budget right.

I have faith in us.

So do I.

Hey there.

Hi.

Hi neighbor.

So you finally moved in.

My family and I live in the barn house down the road.

Yeah, yeah.

I'm Dean.

Carla is inside.

I'm Arlo, by the way.

I love you, Dean.

I'm sorry.

I like to lead with love.

Well.

Thank you.

I'm sorry.

I wasn't expecting you to be there.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have done all this.

No need... no need to apologize, Dean.

I think everyone should be like this.

No hiding, no secrets, just all out in the open.

Free.

Yeah.

That's right.

So what do you do, Dean?

I'm a writer.

Really?

Me to.

The forest will do so good for you.

That was the idea.

I think that's a beautiful idea.

Thanks.

Listen, I got to get back there.

Young Elijah, his summer fields parents, died of dysentery.

Leaving he and his little baby sister

to finish their journey along the Oregon Trail.

You know, I don't think they use tape recorders

on the Oregon Trail.

Or give me this one modern convenience.

Hey, can we get out of the house today, please?

It's really nice outside.

Yeah, but deadlines are deadlines, mommy.

Well, you can ask for more time.

You have leverage.

No.

No.

Not with the sales of the last book.

Now I'm stuck writing about the Oregon Trail because

of some video game for kids.

I'm Colombian.

What the hell do I know about the Oregon Trail.

Man.

Well, if you feel like you're treading water,

maybe you can find some inspiration out there.

It just never flows out of me.

You know what I mean, mommy.

I'm not the only one.

When all of the greatest writers they hated writing.

Gabriel García Márquez Erneto

Hemingway.

Dean, this isn't easy.

Let me finish this.

It's meant to be, so it'll be right.

Right.

Now let me feel.

Now let me feel.

Now let me feel.

Now let me feel.

Always feel right.

I feel right.

All the time.

All the time.

All the time.

Why.

Elijah held himself up like grasping the sides of the wagon

as he bumped along the ragged, dirty trail.

As he gazed out into the vast plains,

he knew that this would be the last time that he would ever

see his home.

Laura...

Did you write me a shitty reference?

What?

After everything we've been through that,

you couldn't do this one last thing for me.

Look, hey, I'm trying to move on, OK.

You can move on with your life Dean without sabotaging mine.

Look, you don't even know what I'm dealing with here.

Things aren't peaches and cream for me, either.

I can make this so much worse for you.

Laura.

Laur...

I feel right.

All the time.

All the time.

All the ti...

Baby, why am I acting weak?

I know she's killing me was my bravery Lord just set me free.

you singing it different

you won't

I'm not the person that won't be the last,

but you heard what I said.

Yeah, but you heard what I said.

I got the weight on my shoulders.

You got anything...

Has anyone ever told you hitchhiking isn't safe anymore?

I think around here, it still is.

I'm Celeste.

I'm Carla.

Hi.

Hey.

Where are you heading?

To my friend's place.

She's down the road.

Can I have a ride?

Oh, sorry, sure.

Just hop on in.

So you live around here?

Yeah, I just moved here with my husband.

So you were called here too, you and your husband?

I don't know whether we're called here.

But there are no accidents, Carla.

The universe is a single organism,

and we're just flowing through its veins.

I'm not very spiritual.

You spend enough time in mother nature, you will be.

Any time you feel lost, you just lay your head back in the grass

and let the spirit guide you back on your path.

Oh, just pull up right here.

Here?

Yeah.

Look at that.

We're neighbors.

Wonderful.

So what brought you here?

I just wanted to get away from the city.

That answer feels superficial.

What's beyond that?

Honestly, we just planned on starting a family.

This place that I'm going, they're

going to be the most beautiful non-judgmental group of people

that you have ever, ever met.

We're going to listen and learn and connect with the spirit.

Well, thank you for the ride.

You know, maybe you can come by sometime

and meet the mountain people.

Oh well, we'll see.

Yeah.

Well, it was wonderful to meet you.

I hope I see you again.

And your partner too.

What was his name?

Dean.

Carla and Dean living their dream.

Well, see ya.

No, it can't be.

It's me.

Are you ready?

Welcome home, Celeste.

Hi, I'm Celeste.

Dean.

Hey.

Hey.

I just wanted to join you.

I didn't want to wake you.

So that guy Arlo, the one who lives down

the road with all his friends.

How could I forget?

Well, there's more of them.

I saw some of them hopping a fence.

I dropped one of them off of my home.

Like a hitchhiker?

Yeah.

Her name was Celeste.

Since when do you pick up hitchhikers?

It was either me or a murderer.

She kept going on and on about nature.

And Giants that live in the forest.

That's good.

You're making new friends.

She is just different.

What's that?

Found it in the woods.

How?

Probably a coyote got into the trash.

I don't know.

I think about her.

Me too.

We're here.

And we all know how special it is to be here.

We've been entrusted with keeping the spirit alive,

but it's dying, dear ones.

It's dying because people have forgotten that everything that

surrounds us is us.

We need to come into oneness with the mother.

New blood, you've all been vetted very carefully,

and we know each and every one of you.

You all came here for a reason because you

felt something was missing.

Maybe you had a loving family, but they just

didn't understand you.

Or maybe you were an orphan just like me.

With Ryanas teaching we're now a family.

The spirit is coming home in the blue moon.

Which means that soon one of you will

be without pain or worries.

I'm not fit to be with the spirit, no.

I've been tasked to watch over this place

and help guide you all.

We love your mother.

We love your mother.

We love your spirit.

We love you spirit.

Dean.

Hi.

Hi, Celeste.

Sorry for stopping by unannounced.

I'm not interrupting anything, am I?

No, no.

Not at all.

How are you?

I'm good.

I'm a little tired.

I had a big day.

Well, I was going to go for a swim.

I was wondering if you wanted to come.

Come on.

Play a little hookey with me.

There's a path straight from your backyard to the farm,

but you know that.

Yes.

You have to be careful in the forest alone.

It's so close.

I left home when I was 16, and I've been on the road

ever since.

What's that like?

Freedom.

Your turn.

What?

It's your turn.

Fine.

How did that feel?

I get this feeling from you, like you feel really trapped.

I was pregnant, we moved here, and then

I lost the baby and the ability to have children so.

She was real.

To me, she was very real.

She is real.

Thank you feel like letting me share that.

It's a sign.

What?

Tree rod?

Oh, she sees you.

We welcome you.

She must have wanted to say hello.

You really believe there's something out there, uh.

No, I know there is.

Sometimes they're in the trees.

She must really like you.

How could she not.

Celeste, when we were swimming, she

mentioned that the mountain people...

The mountain people.

OK.

All of Arlo's people, the mountain people they,

invited us over.

No, no, no.

I've already met him.

Can we plea...

No.

Let's, please go.

Mmhm, not good.

OK, if you don't go, I'm going to end up in some weird hippie

drug orgy thing.

And you're going to be all jealous,

and it's going to be horrible.

Did you say orgy?

I don't know what they do over there.

I'm good, mami.

I'm good.

Oh, come on, it'll be fun.

Please.

OK.

Fine.

OK.

I was told to just hop over the fence.

No way.

No.

Here give me your hand.

Oh, man.

OK.

Oh great.

The amygdala is what we use to process fear, anxiety...

...aggression anger, but it doesn't understand words

because we're primal beings.

Words won't heal us because, at our basest level,

the human soul doesn't understand them.

This is why sometimes we need to behave like animals.

Join us.

We'll wait here until you're done with this.

Just go with it.

You came.

And you brought Dean.

Hi.

Hi.

Hi.

Oh.

Oh.

Hi guys.

Everyone, this is Carla and Dean.

And these these are some of my soul sisters and brothers.

This is River.

I love you, Dean.

I love you, Carla.

And you know Jerri.

I love you, Dean.

I love you, Carla.

Hi.

I love you, Dean.

I love you, Carla.

I love you, Carla.

I love you, Dean.

Actually, we were hoping you would come around

so you can learn more about what we do here.

It's important that you get to know us,

and we get to know you.

Yeah, we are neighbors, after all, right.

Exactly.

Well, we're thrilled to be your neighbors.

Oh, we brought you guys some cookies.

They're pot cookies.

What the fuck?

You don't partake, it fogs the senses.

Oh, I'm sorry I...

We really didn't know.

I'm so sorry.

No.

It's OK.

How could you?

Clear.

It's good to see you again, Dean.

I love you.

Carla...

The spirit has recognized you.

You've been seen.

Have you had a chance to meet the new blood yet?

I'm sorry.

The new members of our family.

Oh, ha, oh ha.

Oh yeah.

Yeah.

They're terrific.

Just don't give them pot cookies.

We try to keep a straight head here.

So the original inhabitants of this beautiful land

were the natives, the protectors of the spirit.

But with the research I've done, we know so much more now.

When my beautiful teacher Ayanna started this farm,

we were only a handful.

But we've grown so much more in numbers.

Being way out here in the forest,

I needed an outlet to reach like-minded people

to protect the spirit.

I wanted my own little family, so I started the mountain

people podcast.

Well, we'll check it out.

Yeah.

Mhm.

Supper.

I hope you're hungry.

We practice mindful eating here.

Come.

OK

We brewed this ourselves.

So much for wanting to keep a clear head.

Drink up, everyone.

It's OK.

Who's that?

That's William.

He's already taken the trip.

Hey

You go.

Arlo made it.

We don't normally partake, but if it's OK with Jerri and Arlo,

it's all right.

Iona didn't like to cloud the senses.

River, I didn't know you knew Iona.

I know her in spirit.

Little homemade hooch is OK now and then.

Where is she now?

She's here.

She's all around us.

You should come tomorrow, and we can show you more.

I am going to be with the spirit soon.

Arlo told me.

You're too young to, dear one.

You'll have your time, though.

Yeah.

Don't worry.

It'll happen for you.

In Ocala, I had a stillborn.

Pardon.

I said that I, too, had a stillborn.

There were tears shed that no one seemed to understand,

but I do.

Everyone here is suffering from something.

For instance, Celeste has Crohn's disease.

Clear is bipolar.

River has alopecia.

And me, there's a piece of my heart

I haven't been able to mend.

Not yet.

Suffering doesn't always show on the outside,

but you already know that.

I'm going to...

I'm going to get some more moonshine.

Anybody want more?

You're in a crossroad, huh.

What?

I see you, Dean.

I've seen you from the start.

You're getting older.

You feel like your time is passing.

Like you, views of the world no longer matter or are obsolete.

I get it.

I've been there.

You've been there?

That's right.

It's my turn.

I see you too.

You are a confused Latino with a Messiah complex trying to fit

in with all these gringos.

You couldn't get respect out there,

so you're trying to get it here.

Or can you?

I get plenty of respecting.

I'm special.

You just don't know yet.

I don't see anything special about you.

If you need to purge, you know.

When will you let those fingers fly and do some writing?

Theme the forest.

Hey, look at me.

She'll keep you busy.

I felt something.

I think that the spirit was trying to tell me something.

Why did you interrupt us?

I'm seeing the neighbor girl Carla in my dreams.

Everything will be the way it should be.

I've been hurt y'all.

Someone here has broken my heart,

but I want them to know that I forgive them

and everything in nature will be the way it should be.

Gil.

Gil, can you hear me?

Gil.

River.

Gil.

River.

You have to get me out of here, please.

Gil.

River.

Gil.

You're breaking up.

Gil.

Uh, fu... Come on.

Come, come, come.

Oh shit.

Relax, brave one.

We trusted you.

You had a responsibility.

Can I have my phone?

River.

Clear no.

You can't stop nature River.

Clear.

No.

Jerri.

Avery look at me.

Avery, I'm not going.

Jerri.

The other way.

Jerri.

Go.

Avery.

Go.

I just want to go home.

I won't say anything.

Look at me.

Arlo.

Arlo.

River.

I didn't do anything.

Hate River.

Just know that this perimeter is only

trying to protect the forest.

Go.

No Clear, please.

Very clear I haven't done anything.

Clear stop.

Clear.

Go.

Go.

So long ago

Gil.

Gil.

River, where are you?

Gil.

River this way.

Over here.

Gil.

Gil, where are you?

River.

Gil.

Gil Gil.

River.

Gill.

River.

River.

Thank you.

Yes.

Of course, man.

Woo.

I mean...

Dean.

Good deal.

Hello.

Carla.

Oh, Jesus.

I'm sorry, mommy.

I'm sorry.

OK.

You don't sneak up on people in the woods.

What is happening?

I've been writing the whole night.

Under a little tree. I have a little setup, Mami.

Is that where you've been?

That's kind of weird.

Something happened today.

I found direction.

I know what to write about now.

It's happening.

It's just pouring right out of me.

Yeah.

That's great, Dean.

I'm sorry, baby.

I'm sorry.

I got to get back to this because I'm almost done.

Can you believe that?

That's incredible.

Great.

Yeah.

OK mommy.

I got to get back to it.

Woow.

Yeah, of course, because from here, you realize.

Hi.

River is no longer a part of the mountain people.

Mother holds her secrets close.

So close they never leave this forest.

River can understand that.

But please find it in your hearts to forgive her.

The spirit is the purest form of human.

It's more human than human.

She has been living this way since the beginning.

We honor River and the cycle of life.

Something old and something new, it's just her way.

What do you see?

Everything.

The spirit is speaking to me.

It has chose the vessel.

I am honored to say I have been chosen brave ones.

This feeling.

Oh.

Ha.

Carlita.

Carla wake up.

Carla.

Dean.

Hey.

Hi.

Hi.

Hi.

Hey Dean.

Hi.

What are you on?

What did you give her?

Brother Dean, what a surprise.

Did you drug my wife?

Oh.

You hit me.

Stop.

Stop.

Stop.

Hey.

Let's play.

Don't be afraid.

Embrace this.

Embrace your fear.

Let go of your fear.

Feel it.

Let go.

Don't be afraid.

Relax, brother Dean.

Relax.

Relax.

Everyone, I think Carla and Dean should leave now.

You're all way more fucked up than I thought.

My beautiful people, my beautiful family.

I don't understand.

Arlo has been chosen.

He's changed our native teaching.

He hinders our senses.

He sends our own to you in the forest.

This is not who I thought we were.

Have we been misguided?

Are we in danger?

I told you to never interrupt me again.

Need to talk to you.

I know you said not to disturb you.

I'm sorry.

All is fine brave one.

What if the Spirit's upset with us?

No.

What if we're in danger?

Spirit loves you.

Well, you said that I was next.

And you said that you were a leader not

fit to be with the spirit, and yet you've been chosen.

In three years, all your pain will disappear,

and thousands of acres of forest will be yours forever.

She gives us so much, but sometimes she

asks for something in return.

I need trusted brothers and sisters to look over the farm

while I'm away.

I'm going to the store.

Hey.

Was that payback?

I fucked a student and destroyed our careers,

so you went to have an orgy.

I deserved it.

It's a little more complicated than that, but OK.

Was it fun?

Did you do stuff?

Like sexy stuff that you remember.

Great.

I finished the book.

Tried to send it to Seth while you

were in the orgy with the hitchhiker.

I can stop writing.

There's something about this place.

Seth never even got to read it.

Long story.

I'm trying to send him all a hard copy.

I changed the story around a little.

Actually, a lot.

It's about the Giants in the forest.

Hey, you know what I've been thinking about it,

and I think we should just move back home.

We don't even know if we're safe here.

We don't know what these people are capable of.

Well, I'm not ready to leave.

Do you feel as alone as I do?

Yes.

But I also feel like I'm called to be here.

Maybe I should go.

If anything, this place has brought me

nothing but heartache.

I'm no artist.

I'm hardly a teacher.

We don't have Marella tampoco.

I'm just a man with no fucking legacy.

Aiyana.

She showed me that in every blue moon, there's a shift.

It represents the passage of knowledge and wisdom.

It's a time of heightened communication with the divine

in the spirit world.

Teacher William roamed the forest,

and so Aiyana took his place in the last blue moon.

She roams free unaware of who she once was,

but when we need her, we summon her.

Soon another will need to pass through

to keep the spirit alive.

This is RL Gentry and this will be my last podcast.

See you on the other side.

Fucking woods.

Carla.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to scare you.

I just came to apologize about what happened.

No, you really don't want to talk right now.

Fine.

But tell me, do you finally understand

what we're doing out here?

Uh, yes.

All of you are waiting for your turn to be Sasquatch.

Leave me alone.

Please.

You've been chosen, you know.

Join us.

What?

Do you even understand what this means?

No, I don't understand anything that's

been happening to me, OK.

I'm pretty positive I don't want to be a hairy giant.

So...

You don't.

No.

You'd be like new.

Please just leave.

Carla, you're so beautiful.

That's why this is a part of my job that I hate the most.

Celeste.

Celeste, please.

Please help.

I know this is hard, but it is an honor

to die with or by the hands of the spirit.

We love you, Carla.

Thank you.

Carla.

Carla.

I need to talk to you.

I never had a family until I met all of you all.

But I want you to know that just like William came back,

I shall also return.

Spirit, we welcome you, and I offer myself to you.

Now bow your heads, and please don't stare.

We don't want to make the spirit angry.

I am ready.

Hey.

Where's Carla?

She's gone.

Is that my computer?

Your manuscript.

Look.

Look.

It's gibberish.

Don't you see.

This truth it can't leave this forest.

Fuck it.

I'm getting my wife.

Get out of my way Avery.

But I didn't want this work.

Just let it happen.

You and Carla are making the ultimate sacrifice.

C-C-Celeste?

Celeste.

Ah.

Ah!

Ah!

No.

No!

Chose me.

Celeste.

Celeste, we can't help her.

We're going to die, Dean.

You're not going to die.

Can you forgive me?

This is all my fault. We were running from my mistakes.

If we live through this shit, all is forgiven.

We're going back to Miami.

You can't leave.

No one can know about us.

Sometimes you're the flower, sometimes you're the vine.

We don't get to choose, but there's

a beauty in being the vine.

To serve for a bigger purpose than yourself.

Look at you two.

People, when you know that death is near,

the gripes they disappear.

Nature is change, change is nature,

but there's an order that we cannot disrupt.

Carla.

You're holding on to your...

It's time.

It's time to give yourself to the spirit

so she can cross over.

No.

She's coming.

She's coming.

Lift your hands up.

Connect your thumbs and your pointer and your middle.

Place it over where your womb would be.

Oh.

Oh.

Ha.

Oh.

Ha.

Oh.

Ha.

Oh.

Ha.

Oh.

Ha.

That girl so long ago.

How does the old song go I don't know.

This girl she is a woman, she is a mother, a friend, a lover

until the end.

What a difference 10 years makes degrees and heartbreak sequels

and remake.

Would she recognize me shallow behind these eyes

older my heart.

That girl so young and stupid.

She doesn't see me someday she'll see she is wrong.

This girl she is a woman.